Politics

Wednesday 26 January 2011January 25, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese opposition parties held a meeting on Tuesday aimed primarily at getting clarifications from the leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi on his last week’s summit with the (...)

Thursday 8 May 2014May 7, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of Sudan’s National Umma Party (NUP), al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, has urged leading figure Mubarak al-Fadil to establish another political party, saying the latter wouldn’t be allowed to rejoin the NUP. Mubarak (...)

Thursday 6 August 2009August 5, 2009 (KHARTOUM) -– Sudan faces a complex challenge in holding its first multi-party polls in two decades, warned the head of the UN Electoral Affairs Division in Sudan.
Sudan in April 2010 would hold general elections that (...)

Sunday 29 November 2009Look out! “The Credibility of the Juba Dialogue and National Consensus is at stake.”**
By Justin Ambago Ramba
November 28, 2009 — It was barely two months ago that the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM), which dominates the (...)

Tuesday 1 November 2011By Ngor Arol Garang
October 31, 2011 (JUBA) – Thousands of citizens welcomed the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, to his home village, Akon in Gogrial West county, Warrap state. President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, visits Warrap (...)

Wednesday 3 February 2010February 2, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – A retired Sudanese professor filed a challenge with the National Elections Committee (NEC) last week arguing that president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir does not meet the requirements set forth by the electoral (...)

Saturday 19 June 2010June 18, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia’s supreme court on Friday rejected an election re-run appeal by the country’s biggest opposition coalition over the ruling party’s land slide victory that led to nearly a one-party state after staying (...)

Tuesday 28 July 2009July 27, 2009 (WASHINGTON) — Two lawyers acting on behalf of two pro-government Sudanese groups asked the judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to dismiss an appeal by the prosecutor for including counts of genocide against (...)

Monday 21 December 2009December 20, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The former Southern rebel group blasted the passage of the National Security bill in the parliament today despite objections it raised along with other opposition parties on portions of the new law. Sudan (...)

The Berlin Meeting: What’s at stake?2015-02-25 11:33:06
By the Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG)
Between 25 and 27 February, Berlin will become the hub for the Sudanese unarmed and armed opposition, invited by the German Foreign Ministry and the (...)

Can a democratic government extend its own life?2015-02-23 07:32:25
By Dr Lam Akol
Last Thursday, the government tabled before parliament an amendment bill in order to amend the Constitution for the Government to extend its life for two more years. In a (...)

Press Release from the SPLM/A (IO) in Uganda2015-02-11 09:39:09
February 10, 2015
1. The office of the SPLM/A (IO) and the presence of its diplomatic representation that was established under the Kampala outcome of the 21st August 2014 is operational and has (...)